Kiwisport | Rippa Rugby

This week was our 4th session of kiwi sport with Hamish (Rippa Rugby Coach). First we played two rounds of octopus using the rippa tags. Most people used their speed to get pass people and some used their foot work to get pass the taggers. After that we were splitted into three teams to play an actual game of Rippa Rugby. Two teams were chosen to go on he field and had 5 minutes of game time. Then the other group verses the winner of the first game. It was great to see a lot of people participate. Thank you to Hamish for coaching and reffing our games and Ms Morris for supervising us.

Kiwisport | Rippa Rugby

Today was our second session of Rippa Rugby with Hamish (Rugby Coach). First we played a game of Everybody's It Tag which is a simple game where everyone is in and you have to try and get a rippa from another person. The rule were that you were not allowed to cover your rippa, no contact with anyone else and you were not allowed to stay in one spot. At the end the person with the most rippas win. The next game we played was Tag Rush which is similar to bull rush bust instead the tagger has to try and take a rippa from another person. I really enjoyed this game because I got to use my stepping skills on my friends. After playing four rounds of Tag Rush at the end we finished off with a actual game of Rippa Rugby. I think this was my favorite game I played today because it's like playing rugby (my favorite sport) but instead, no contact. Thank you to Hamish for coaching us and thank you to Ms Morris for supervising us.

Kiwisport | Rippa Rugby

Today was our first session for Kiwi Sport. We were excited and couldn't wait to play. Our Kiwisport coach was Hamish from the Marist Rugby club which most of us knew him from a lot of our Rugby Inter schools so we got a long with him quite quickly. First we played a game of Netball Rugby. In this game we were split into two groups. The aim of the game was to pass the ball (rugby rule) to our team without running (netball rule) and try to get to the other side of the field. It was a bit tricky for me because I'm always use to running with ball since I play rugby. Soon we played a game where we had to pass the ball in our team line trying to reach to the end of our group. This game was a really competitive game because people were eager to pass the ball quickly up and down the line. People were to excited so they dropped the ball and had to start again. At the end of the session we played Netball Rugby again but instead we were allowed to run with the ball and you had to tag the opposite team with two hands. I felt happy today because I played a sport that is of real interest to me.

Kiwisport | With Miss Morris

Today unfortunately Auckland sports wasn't able to come to our school and teach Rippa Rugby. But, we were lucky enough to have Kiwisports with our reliever teacher Miss Morris who I think was a good sport coach. First we had a warm up game which we had to be splited into two groups which was a competition for everyone. We were to pass the ball through our whole team. Then we had a game of Ball Tag which was played at the courts. Ball Tag was fun because we did a lot of running. It was very competitive because I was versing some good people who played this game more than me. Thank you to Miss Morris for coaching us today.

Sailing at Okahu Bay

On Wednesday there were twenty three lucky students (including me) who went to sailing at Okahu Bay. We were part of the "Sailing.... Have a go' programme. This programme was run by Sailing New Zealand and sponsored by Rotary. This was an amazing opportunity to learn something new outside of school instead of using Chromebooks. We got to learn how to sail which was an amazing experience for those who haven't sailed. The hard part was putting our sailing suits on because it was really tight and small. We learnt how to form a sailing boat . Forming the boat looked easy but when we did it ourselves it was pretty tricky. I learn that the rudder which is at the back of the sailing boat controls the boat and the Centerboard is used to balance the boat. I also learnt that if we wanted to sail left we had to control the rudder to turn right. It was confusing because we were use to controlling this left as left and right as right. Fraidoon (partner) and I took turns controlling the rudder and the sail. The part I enjoyed most was playing follow the leader because everyone crashed into each other and tryed to be in front. A big thank you to "Sailing... Have a go", Mr Ogilvie for preparing this event and Mr Johnson, Mrs Kirkpatrick and Mrs Colenbrander for coming and supervising us.